Monday, August 17, 2009

Thoughts for the Week: Computers

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

Emo Philips

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.Edsger Dijkstra

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.Louis Gerstner

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.Pablo Picasso

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.Andy Rooney

Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.Nicholas Negroponte

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.Doug Larson

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.Isaac Asimov

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.Stephen Hawking

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.Bill Gates

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.Steve Wozniak

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.Isaac Asimov

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.Adam Osborne

Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.Ray Kurzweil

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.Douglas Engelbart

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.Ted Nelson